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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
During the year, enquiry was made into 4 cases
in which a woman died in childbirth as follow :
1. Toxaemia from septic abortion.
2. Acute post partum haemorrhage.
3. Shock of abortion. Open verdict.
4. Myocardial degeneration. Protracted labour.
Only the first two cases have been counted as
Maternal Mortality for statistical purposes, giving a
rate of 1.4 per 1,000 total births (live and still). In
England-and Wales the rate was 3.93 per 1,000
births.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Seventy-four deaths of Bethnal Green infants
under one year of age are reported by the Registrar
General as having taken place during the year.
This is equal to a rate of infantile mortality of
51 per 1,000 births and is the lowest on record for
the Borough. The infant death rate for London
was 58 and for England and Wales as a whole 57.
Comparison with previous years is as follows :—
1925
80.6
1926
71.1
1927
57.7
1928
73.9
1929
64.4
1930
60.3
1931
87.7
1932
69.1
1933
66.3
1934
72.6